golfo
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English golf, from Scots, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”). Related to Dutch kolf (“blunt end of something”), German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”).
Noun edit
golfo (uncountable, accusative golfon)
- (sports) golf
- Ĉu vi vidis lin svingi klubon? Li ludaĉas golfon.
- Have you seen him swing a club? He plays golf terribly.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, an alteration of Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”). Compare German Golf, French golfe.
Noun edit
golfo (accusative singular golfon, plural golfoj, accusative plural golfojn)
- (geography) gulf
- La Meksika Golfo estas la plej granda golfo tutmonde.
- The Gulf of Mexico is the largest gulf in the world.
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). Doublet of colpo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
golfo m (plural golfi)
- gulf
- Synonyms: baia, insenatura
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
golfo m (plural golfos)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
golfo
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus following hypercorrection of the popular pronunciation of Latin 'ph' as 'p', itself from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).
Noun edit
golfo m (plural golfos)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From golfín. A more specific sense may apply in its feminine form golfa.
Adjective edit
golfo (feminine golfa, masculine plural golfos, feminine plural golfas)
Noun edit
golfo m (plural golfos, feminine golfa, feminine plural golfas)
Further reading edit
- “golfo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014